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18 June 2014 at 9:36pm

Fears Boko Haram are spreading to southern Nigeria

Some of the 500 arrested travellers. Credit: Reuters

There are fears the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram could be spreading south, after security forces found a senior member in a convoy of nearly 500 travellers arrested this week in the southern state of Abia. Traditionally, the group has been largely confined to the Muslim north.